So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Cry, cry for you
Just like you knew I wouldn't do
Cry, cry for you
Just like a song in the last light
Should I leave it all away
Not like the kindness that you gave
That's why it never seems the same
Behind your eyes
I stood behind when no one asked me
And took you home after the fight
I drove my car into city lights
Drove down the road that I am on
Cry, cry for you
That's what you think I want to be
Cry, cry for you
An empty heart that sees me through
Cry, cry for you
Just like you knew I wouldn't do
Cry cry for you
Just like a song in the last light
Cry, cry for you
Just like you knew I wouldn't do
Just like you knew I wouldn't do
Cry, cry for you
Just like a song in the last light
Should I leave it all away
Not like the kindness that you gave
That's why it never seems the same
Behind your eyes
I stood behind when no one asked me
And took you home after the fight
I drove my car into city lights
Drove down the road that I am on
Cry, cry for you
That's what you think I want to be
Cry, cry for you
An empty heart that sees me through
Cry, cry for you
Just like you knew I wouldn't do
Cry cry for you
Just like a song in the last light
Cry, cry for you
Just like you knew I wouldn't do
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
i believe this song is about a person that stayed in a relationship with someone they cared about but that person didnt care about them. the person stayed with them and respected them because of something they once seen in them but its gone now and they finally realized it and the doesnt know if they should stay together anymore
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i believe this song is about a person that stayed in a relationship with someone they cared about but that person didnt care about them. the person stayed with them and respected them because of something they once seen in them but its gone now and they finally realized it and the doesnt know if they should stay together anymore